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every week they are going to put out new bills on repealing obama-care, spending cuts, tax cuts or tax issues, and they are going to force the democrats in the senate to either skull it or kill it or if it does make it to obama's desk, he's going to kill it. very effectively they will turn the tables and make the democrats the party of no. >> democrats will become the party of no. are you with us on this? >> nancy pelosi, even though she's come back, she's won, got her mandate from her caucus, she's going to be a weaker leader this time around. she's an impressive fundraiser, she's been a powerful speaker. but it's going to be difficult for her to corral her caucus the way she has before when lawmakers are openly challenging her. i think it's difficult for president obama, because how is he going to compromise and show he's making a midterm course correction when he has the same faces still there? >> i'm not sure, for this reason. look, these budget cuts mean the tea party people and everybody in the country voted for them, no doubt about it, but you start going after social security a
every week they are going to put out new bills on repealing obama-care, spending cuts, tax cuts or tax issues, and they are going to force the democrats in the senate to either skull it or kill it or if it does make it to obama's desk, he's going to kill it. very effectively they will turn the tables and make the democrats the party of no. >> democrats will become the party of no. are you with us on this? >> nancy pelosi, even though she's come back, she's won, got her mandate from...
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this is the obama deficit. obama debt. due to obama spending. and president obama is overspending by $1.5 trillion this year. we can't do that. people know that the spending is what's causing the trouble in this country. >> schieffer: congresswoman, i have to take issue with what you say that they would be able to pay their... the government would be able to pay its financial obligations. experts inside and outside the government say that if we don't raise the debt ceiling, we face the united states having to default on its financial obligations. are you saying these are scare tactics? are you saying that's not true? how can you say that? >> it is scare tactics because, bob, the interest on the debt isn't any more than 10% of what we're taking in. in fact it's less than that. so the treasury secretary can very simply pay the interest on the debt first, and then we're not in default. what it means is is we have to seriously prioritize. now it would be very tough love, but i have been here long enough in washington d.c. that i seen smoke and mirro
this is the obama deficit. obama debt. due to obama spending. and president obama is overspending by $1.5 trillion this year. we can't do that. people know that the spending is what's causing the trouble in this country. >> schieffer: congresswoman, i have to take issue with what you say that they would be able to pay their... the government would be able to pay its financial obligations. experts inside and outside the government say that if we don't raise the debt ceiling, we face the...
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. >> president obama spending his day campaigning in 0 hio mitt romney in way. only four days to go until we go to vote, both men spending the weekend trying to sway the undecided. >>> the rising unemployment numbers do not bode well for veterans coming home from overseas so today at a joint base anacostia bowling in d.c. scott broom got a look at what's facing employers and veterans as they try to make a match with each other. >> reporter: they call this job fair at joint base anacostia bowling "hiring our heroes." >> they've got the integrity, the work ethic that people are looking for. >> reporter: this is where veterans have traded uniform for business suit, although some are still wearing their stripes. >> we have over 60 employers. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel kathleen is organizing these job fairs nationwide for the u.s. chamber of commerce. she talks about the challenges for veterans. >> mill terry person has been deployed, is coming back, and the job in their local community may already be taken so they really have a disadvantage. >> reporter: unempl
. >> president obama spending his day campaigning in 0 hio mitt romney in way. only four days to go until we go to vote, both men spending the weekend trying to sway the undecided. >>> the rising unemployment numbers do not bode well for veterans coming home from overseas so today at a joint base anacostia bowling in d.c. scott broom got a look at what's facing employers and veterans as they try to make a match with each other. >> reporter: they call this job fair at joint...
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spending. >> reporter: president obama and his staff are said to be well aware that his presence might actually hurt more than it helps. "the new york times" quote mrs. obama as telling vulnerable democrats, quote, you may not even want me to come to your district. at least 65 hoult seats most held by democrats are at risk of changing hands. but house speaker nancy pelosi today insisted she's confident. >> we have a solid plan, messaging and mobilizing the grass roots level and magazine of our campaigns. and we have a 2-1 advantage moneywise. >> reporter: when it comes to raising money, president obama appears as effective as ever. he's done 29 fund-raisers so far this year, generating at least 51.8 million. >> the president might not be the campaign never chief any more but he is certainly still the fund-raiser in chief. >> reporter: today white house spokesman told us the president will do more as the election draws closer and will quote help as much as he can everywhere he can. russ. >> mitchell: sharyl attkisson at the white house. thank you very much. >> growing concerns over the
spending. >> reporter: president obama and his staff are said to be well aware that his presence might actually hurt more than it helps. "the new york times" quote mrs. obama as telling vulnerable democrats, quote, you may not even want me to come to your district. at least 65 hoult seats most held by democrats are at risk of changing hands. but house speaker nancy pelosi today insisted she's confident. >> we have a solid plan, messaging and mobilizing the grass roots...
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. >> this is the obama deficit due to obama spending. >> in the former tax attorney says she won't vote to raise the debt, saying that dire economic predictions for failing to do so are scare tactics. >> i am not willing to vote to let the government continue to borrow money that we don't have, and put us in a worse situation. one year from now we'll be having the same conversation. >> the mother of 5 that helped raise 23 foster children, her frustration with local education policy led her into politics. she is conservative on social issues, opposes abortion, and if the state senator, let the fight against gay marriage. she has taken heat for some of her comments, especially this 2008 interview with chris matthews. >> absolutely. >> anti-american views? >> absolutely i'm very concerned that he may have anti-american views. >> bob asked her about it this morning. >> do you wish you had put in a different way? >> there is a lot of things i wish i would have said differently, of course. >> she will kick off the campaign here tomorrow and then heads to new hampshire and south carolina. 2 ot
. >> this is the obama deficit due to obama spending. >> in the former tax attorney says she won't vote to raise the debt, saying that dire economic predictions for failing to do so are scare tactics. >> i am not willing to vote to let the government continue to borrow money that we don't have, and put us in a worse situation. one year from now we'll be having the same conversation. >> the mother of 5 that helped raise 23 foster children, her frustration with local...
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. >>> president obama spending the next two days campaigning in virginia. including a stop in chicago. his trip started this morning and he called on voters in the battleground state to help move the country forward. >> this election is about more than just two candidates or two political parties, virginia. this is about which direction we take this nation. >> the president swept through hampton roads, virginia, the governor was something up i-64 for mitt romney. he says the obama campaign's focus is an unnecessary distraction. >> all that record of hope and change and uplifting language that we heard in 2008 has now turned into a campaign this year of division and misrepresentation and really focusing on the something small things. when america needs to get back to work. >> governor romney was not on the campaign trail today and he did sit down interviews and you'll be able to see part of them coming up at 6:30 tonight on cbs evening news. >> jp morgan chase reveal today that if losses from a bad trade are actually closer to $6 billion. that did not keep t
. >>> president obama spending the next two days campaigning in virginia. including a stop in chicago. his trip started this morning and he called on voters in the battleground state to help move the country forward. >> this election is about more than just two candidates or two political parties, virginia. this is about which direction we take this nation. >> the president swept through hampton roads, virginia, the governor was something up i-64 for mitt romney. he says...
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. >>> meantime president obama spending his day in florida. he'll be holding a rally in miami in about an mauer. earlier he was talking to the -- in an mauer. earlier he was talking to the crowd -- in an hour. earlier he was talking to the crowds in coral gables. >>> today police identified the man shot in the 1100 block of eighth street northeast, his name? gregory darnell troxler, so far no suspects or motive in the case. >>> two of three suspects charged in the beating of a capitol hill man will be in court tomorrow, tommy branch and sonny kuti charged in the attack of tommy maslin. a third suspect waived his right to preliminary hearing. >>> news today of a huge development deal near nationals park. according to the prince of petworth blog, the mixed use project will include 650,000 square feet of offices, retail, hotel pace and residences just north of the stadium across from the navy yard metro station. there's no word yet when that work would begin. >>> coming up at 7:00 we'll tell you why you may see big bird a whole lot more towards t
. >>> meantime president obama spending his day in florida. he'll be holding a rally in miami in about an mauer. earlier he was talking to the -- in an mauer. earlier he was talking to the crowd -- in an hour. earlier he was talking to the crowds in coral gables. >>> today police identified the man shot in the 1100 block of eighth street northeast, his name? gregory darnell troxler, so far no suspects or motive in the case. >>> two of three suspects charged in the...
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and bob had this to say, obama spends a million dollars on a party last night, meanwhile, most americans don't have $500 in the bank and the country is $20 trillion in debt. and brenda says, please, don't forget how much you are loved and appreciated. potus, thank you for a job well done. >>> drop us a line on any of >>> crews in california still have their hands full battling a blaze that started last night. this fire broke out near a natural gas storage unit in the hills above los angeles. so far, no homes have been damaged. but firetefighrs say they have had a difficult time, accessing the blaze. >>> and people living near mexico's colima volcano are ready to leave quickly, if ordered. the volcano spewed plumes of ash and smoke twice yesterday. experts who have been keeping an eye colima has become more active lately, because of a new lava dome growing. that is powerful. >> impressive. >> oh, wow. >>> all right. howard is here. impressive. we're enjoying climbing temperatures here in late october. >> average highs are in the mid- to upper 60s now across the region. 68 or so here in wa
and bob had this to say, obama spends a million dollars on a party last night, meanwhile, most americans don't have $500 in the bank and the country is $20 trillion in debt. and brenda says, please, don't forget how much you are loved and appreciated. potus, thank you for a job well done. >>> drop us a line on any of >>> crews in california still have their hands full battling a blaze that started last night. this fire broke out near a natural gas storage unit in the hills...
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due to obama spending. >> sunday, the mother of five continued blaming the president for the country's economic woes. but she also came underfire for comments she made about him in 2008. >> do you wish you had put it a different way when he said anti- american views? >> there are a lot of things i wish i had said differently. >> bachmann will get her chance to chart a different path starting today. >> after her formal announcement in iowa, bachmann will head to new hampshire and south carolina. >>> five passengers are still missing after a fiery crash between a truck and an amtrak train at a crossing in the nevada desert friday. the truck driver, a conductor and four others on the train were killed. investigators still don't know why the truck slammed into the train. 20 other people were injured during the crash. >>> one of three major wildfires burning in arizona has been declared fully contained. a second is nearly out and a third is growing but that fire is in a rugged area with very few residents. fire officials say the horseshoe fire in the southern part of the state is completely
due to obama spending. >> sunday, the mother of five continued blaming the president for the country's economic woes. but she also came underfire for comments she made about him in 2008. >> do you wish you had put it a different way when he said anti- american views? >> there are a lot of things i wish i had said differently. >> bachmann will get her chance to chart a different path starting today. >> after her formal announcement in iowa, bachmann will head to new...
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obama's health care overhaul. >> this is the obama deficit, obama debt, due to obama spending. >> reporter: sunday the mother of five continued blaming the president for the country's economic woes, but she also came under fire for comments she made about him in 2008. >> would you wish you had put it a different way when you said he had anti-american views? >> oh, sure. >> reporter: bachmann will get her chance to chart a new path starting today. after iowa she heads to new hampshire and south carolina, terrell, also some key states. >> tara mergener in washington as always thank you. >>> to the wildfires now in the southwest. one is threatening the los alamos national laboratory. the fast-moving fire forced lo s alamos to close. authorities have gained the upper hand on three major fires in arizona. the fire started about 12 miles from that lab. it's grown to 3,500 acres. >>> federal officials say flooding from the missouri river poses no threat to two nuclear power plants in nebraska. the cooper plant south of omaha remains dry but the four calhoun nuclear station by omaha is surrounded
obama's health care overhaul. >> this is the obama deficit, obama debt, due to obama spending. >> reporter: sunday the mother of five continued blaming the president for the country's economic woes, but she also came under fire for comments she made about him in 2008. >> would you wish you had put it a different way when you said he had anti-american views? >> oh, sure. >> reporter: bachmann will get her chance to chart a new path starting today. after iowa she...
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now who takes the senate, of course, is expected to determine just how president obama spends the last quarter of his term. live from the white house, andrea mccarren, wusa9. lesli and derek, back to you. >> over on the house side, the race to fill frank wolf's seat will come down to the wire. it looks as though barbra comstock does have the edge. however, the demographics changed in northern virginia. so foust may have a shot. peggy fox is a the at rally. peggy. >> that's right. the final rally for both ed and barbra comstock starts at 7:00 here at sterling. people are getting ready. the headliners tonight, and romney is expected to be here. former senator, george allen and his wife, susan, and congressman frank wolf. the republicans say they are very optimistic about barbra winning, but the democrats say they are, too. >> this is what it's all about. >> john foust rallies his volunteers on what may be the most critical day for his campaign. the race for the 10th congressional seat between democrat foust and democrat barbra comstock could be one of the closest in the nation. republica
now who takes the senate, of course, is expected to determine just how president obama spends the last quarter of his term. live from the white house, andrea mccarren, wusa9. lesli and derek, back to you. >> over on the house side, the race to fill frank wolf's seat will come down to the wire. it looks as though barbra comstock does have the edge. however, the demographics changed in northern virginia. so foust may have a shot. peggy fox is a the at rally. peggy. >> that's right....
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. >> the intention of raising revenue to catch up with obama's spending. i have every intention of shrinking spending to get down to the level of revenues. [ cheers and applause ] >> we got good news this morning on job creation in january. i hope that continues. but this president has not helped the process. he's hurt it. >> romney has a 20 point lead in nevada, i should say, heading into tomorrow's caucus. >>> still ahead tonight, claim your cash. millions of bucks in cash and valuables waiting to be re united with their owners. >>> plus a local woman with a homemade smoothy recipe that's taken years off her appearance. that's coming up next. >>> how would you like a little extra money to help pay off the tax man or get a big screen for the super bowl. you can be in luck if you hear me read your name. the following have money, money from forgotten insurance policies, bank accounts, all sorts of places. all of you just head on over to wusa9.com. look on our consumer section to get a claim on what is rightfully yours. >>> what did you have for breakfast to
. >> the intention of raising revenue to catch up with obama's spending. i have every intention of shrinking spending to get down to the level of revenues. [ cheers and applause ] >> we got good news this morning on job creation in january. i hope that continues. but this president has not helped the process. he's hurt it. >> romney has a 20 point lead in nevada, i should say, heading into tomorrow's caucus. >>> still ahead tonight, claim your cash. millions of bucks...
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. >> the intention of raising revenue to catch up with obama's spending. i have every intention of shrinking spending to get down to the level of revenues. [ cheers and applause ] >> we got good news this morning on job creation in january. i hope that continues. but this president has not helped the process. he's hurt it. >> romney has a 20 point lead in nevada, i should say, heading into tomorrow's caucus. >>> still ahead tonight, claim your cash. millions of bucks in cash and valuables waiting to be re united with their owners. >>> plus a local woman with a homemade smoothy recipe that's taken years off woman: in 1990, in severn, maryland, the daughter of a clergyman was discovered by a music industry insider while pumping gas at a service station. the odds of her getting signed and spending 11 weeks at #1 on the u.s. singles charts? 1 in 19 million. the odds of this former church choir singer going on to sell 40 million records? 1 in 15 million. the odds of the same woman winning 6 grammy awards and starring in two broadway plays? 1 in 75 million. the
. >> the intention of raising revenue to catch up with obama's spending. i have every intention of shrinking spending to get down to the level of revenues. [ cheers and applause ] >> we got good news this morning on job creation in january. i hope that continues. but this president has not helped the process. he's hurt it. >> romney has a 20 point lead in nevada, i should say, heading into tomorrow's caucus. >>> still ahead tonight, claim your cash. millions of bucks...
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i don't see obama spending political capital to force congress to do it. >> dianne feinstein we talked this morning. hoekstra said they should have not charged this detroit bomber in a civilian court. he should have been turned over to the military and handled in that manner. do you think we will see this continue if we have another of these instances? >> bob, you know, this has obviously been such a controversial issue. we saw the former attorney general writing a piece in the wall street journal saying we lost valuable intelligence by going in and saying you're entitled to a lawyer, read your miranda rights. you know, the white house heard that. i mean my sources tell me, i spoke with several yesterday, that inside the white house top advisors are saying we really node need to take a hard look at this. we're going to be seeing that as part of this broad review now of what the president is doing. obviously he's looking at intelligence failures but also just about the process in general. is that the right approach if this kind of thing ever happens again. >> schieffer: that's very inte
i don't see obama spending political capital to force congress to do it. >> dianne feinstein we talked this morning. hoekstra said they should have not charged this detroit bomber in a civilian court. he should have been turned over to the military and handled in that manner. do you think we will see this continue if we have another of these instances? >> bob, you know, this has obviously been such a controversial issue. we saw the former attorney general writing a piece in the wall...
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president obama's spending a good deal of time there and it's strategic and economic. on the strategic seed, side, he has to deal with beijing. he'll have to urge them to do more nonmilitary assistance. also, he'd like them to weigh in on aggressive sanctions on the iranian government, on their nuclear program. good luck with that because china has huge commercial interests in iran. also, economically there is a bit of a trade war. it's not a full blown trade war, but there is escalating trade tensions between beijing and the united states. president obama's stuck on massive duties on the imports of chinese tires. the chinese retaliated on american auto parts and chicken and nylon. now they are retaliating again. all of this happens in the back drop of a very aggressive buildup of the chinese military. >> i thought that that trade rival -- that trade dispute was settled. >> no. >> no. >> no, it is not. >> it is not? >> no. >> do you think, morlt, the u.s. is moving more towards china than china is moving towards the ?uz. >> obviously the movement is going both ways. ch
president obama's spending a good deal of time there and it's strategic and economic. on the strategic seed, side, he has to deal with beijing. he'll have to urge them to do more nonmilitary assistance. also, he'd like them to weigh in on aggressive sanctions on the iranian government, on their nuclear program. good luck with that because china has huge commercial interests in iran. also, economically there is a bit of a trade war. it's not a full blown trade war, but there is escalating trade...
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>>reporter: president obama spending election day in chicago. he cast his ballot there during early voting almost two weeks ago. the president wrapped up his campaign in des moines last night, just steps away from his iowa headquarters during his first presidential bid in 2008. >> are you fired up? >>reporter: president obama made one final plea for votes in the critical battleground state. >> after all the months of campaign, after all the rallies, after the millions of dollars of ads, it all comes down to you. it's out of my hands now. >>reporter: president obama plans to continue his election day tradition of playing basketball with friends. i'm begat cheban in chicago. >>reporter: i'm randall pinkston. underscoring how close this election is expected to be, the first town in the nation to vote ended in a tie. >> this has never happened before in dixville. we have a tie. >>reporter: dixville notch, new hampshire gave five votes each for the president and mitt romney. romney plans to cast his own ballot in massachusetts this morning. he will t
>>reporter: president obama spending election day in chicago. he cast his ballot there during early voting almost two weeks ago. the president wrapped up his campaign in des moines last night, just steps away from his iowa headquarters during his first presidential bid in 2008. >> are you fired up? >>reporter: president obama made one final plea for votes in the critical battleground state. >> after all the months of campaign, after all the rallies, after the millions of...
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they were all about spending. obama care is about spending. but it is really about the health care policy. and so no, this is pretty unprecedented to have a -- a situation where we have a spending bill and a major policy decision and now we have a debt limit fight coming up all triangular in creating this monster controversy. >> and we did see some cracks in the republican front as peter king and frank wolf from virginia saying we want this over. that didn't seem to trickle up to the leadership. >> there are about 10 republicans who have said in one place or another that they would vote for a clean up or down vote on the senate version of the c.r. that would fund the government. they are mostly northeastern kind of republicans. they have to have at least twice as many and then they have to get the speaker of the house to call for a vote and that is what will prevent anything. >> do you think the speaker of the house's job is over and he loses his gig if he allows that to happen. >> everybody asks that question on capitol hill every day. it is
they were all about spending. obama care is about spending. but it is really about the health care policy. and so no, this is pretty unprecedented to have a -- a situation where we have a spending bill and a major policy decision and now we have a debt limit fight coming up all triangular in creating this monster controversy. >> and we did see some cracks in the republican front as peter king and frank wolf from virginia saying we want this over. that didn't seem to trickle up to the...
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obama debt, due to obama spending. >> sunday, the mother of five continued blaming the president for the country's economic woes. she came underfire for comments she made about him in 2008. >> do you wish you had put it a different way when you said he had anti-american views? >> sure, there are a lot of things i wish i had said differently, of course. >> bachmann will get her chance to chart a new path beginning today. tara mergener, 9news now. >>> after launching her campaign in iowa, congresswoman bachmann will head to new hampshire and south carolina, both key states in the early campaigning. >>> an fbi affidavit says dna evidence found on a weapon belongs to the suspect in a local professor's death. american university professor sue markham was found dead inside her bethesda home last october. the key suspect is jorge landeros. he fled to mexico but maintains his innocence. the affidavit said the two had an intimate relationship which turned sour over a shared investment. >>> d.c. police hope to find the gunman behind a shooting at this weekend's caribbean festival. one person d
obama debt, due to obama spending. >> sunday, the mother of five continued blaming the president for the country's economic woes. she came underfire for comments she made about him in 2008. >> do you wish you had put it a different way when you said he had anti-american views? >> sure, there are a lot of things i wish i had said differently, of course. >> bachmann will get her chance to chart a new path beginning today. tara mergener, 9news now. >>> after...
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. >>> president obama is spending the weekend in portugal at a two-day nato summit. he faces sufficient questions on his plan to end the war in afghanistan and of course his stimulus spending from some of america's greatest allies. cbs's joel brown has more. >> reporter: president obama arrived in rainy lisbon with a full agenda for his two-day nato summit. pray or the number one, afghanistan and when to start reducing nato troops. >> the summit is an important opportunity for us to align an approach to transition in afghanistan. >> reporter: the secretary of state hillary clinton has no doubt nato partners will sign off on the president's plan. >> we will agree tomorrow on the beginning of a transition to afghan security starting next year with the intention and goal of turning over afghan security to the government and people of afghanistan in 2014. >> reporter: the president's actually attending two separate sets of meetings during his brief european stay. at today's nato meeting, the focus is on security. tomorrow he'll sit down with european leaders where the su
. >>> president obama is spending the weekend in portugal at a two-day nato summit. he faces sufficient questions on his plan to end the war in afghanistan and of course his stimulus spending from some of america's greatest allies. cbs's joel brown has more. >> reporter: president obama arrived in rainy lisbon with a full agenda for his two-day nato summit. pray or the number one, afghanistan and when to start reducing nato troops. >> the summit is an important opportunity...
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. >> in these upcoming elections, we're saying that the big government, big debt, obama/pelosi/reid spending spree is over. you're fired. >> the tea party express caravan is scheduled to arrive in washington on april 15th. >>> this year's political campaign is kicking in to gear. seven months before election day. and politicians and their supporters are trying to find new ways to use internet ads to gain an advantage. bell whitaker reports. >> reporter: this may not look like a political campaign ad, no mention of taxes or government reform. >> when i was on the board of goldman sachs and the people raised ethical questions about my insider stock deals -- >> reporter: but this animated version of wealthy republican candidate meg whitman running for governor of california is the latest version of the attack ad created by the democratic group level the playing field, the ad is getting attention with its "avatar" version or mega-tar of the former head of ebay ridiculing herself. >> they called it wasteful spending, but i kept my personal jet costs down to a frugal $3 million. >> most political
. >> in these upcoming elections, we're saying that the big government, big debt, obama/pelosi/reid spending spree is over. you're fired. >> the tea party express caravan is scheduled to arrive in washington on april 15th. >>> this year's political campaign is kicking in to gear. seven months before election day. and politicians and their supporters are trying to find new ways to use internet ads to gain an advantage. bell whitaker reports. >> reporter: this may not...
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. >> president obama will spend a third day campaigning in iowa tomorrow. romney is heading down south, north carolina, alabama, they have fundraisers. >> verison now admits it made some mistakes in how it responded to the 911 outage during june. more than a million people in northern virginia had no way to call emergency services after backup power systems failed. the company report says verison dent know about the problem until fairfax county called them and then it treated it like a service complaint instead of a major outage. verison will present the full report to the metropolitan washington council of government tomorrow. >>> a hot and muggy day leads to yet another stormy night. topper has the latest on severe weather roaming around out there. that's coming up. but first, it is nicknamed a footpath for those who seek fellowship with the wilderness. and today marks 75 years since it was completed. a look at the history of the appalachian trail. up next. [ male announcer ] the choice on debt... mitt romney's plan: huge tax cuts for millionaires, tax br
. >> president obama will spend a third day campaigning in iowa tomorrow. romney is heading down south, north carolina, alabama, they have fundraisers. >> verison now admits it made some mistakes in how it responded to the 911 outage during june. more than a million people in northern virginia had no way to call emergency services after backup power systems failed. the company report says verison dent know about the problem until fairfax county called them and then it treated it...
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president obama will spend part of his memorial day honoring the nation's fallen at the abraham lincoln national cemetery outside of chicago. vice president joe biden will be at the arlington national cemetery at the tomb of the unknown. >>> police are not releasing the victim's fame at the metro station. we do know he was a college student living in dc. police are looking for suspects and a motive. less than 24 hours ago, a young man lost his life. tonight, "9 news" now has learned exclusive details about who the young man was. >> he was a good guy. he was in college, played basketball and was really a good boy. >> reporter: the 21-year-old college student was found unconscious at the metro station shortly before closing time at 3:00 sunday morning many he was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead. >> reporter: his mom lives in north carolina? >> yes. >> >> reporter: police and the victim's neighbor has asked us not to identify the young college student until all relatives can be notified. it was a third young man involved in the attack. he did not have life- threatenin
president obama will spend part of his memorial day honoring the nation's fallen at the abraham lincoln national cemetery outside of chicago. vice president joe biden will be at the arlington national cemetery at the tomb of the unknown. >>> police are not releasing the victim's fame at the metro station. we do know he was a college student living in dc. police are looking for suspects and a motive. less than 24 hours ago, a young man lost his life. tonight, "9 news" now has...
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. >> reporter: president obama's $3 trillion spending plan arrived on capital hill this morning. republicans say it doesn't go far enough. >> it's a continuation of as your chairman said a budget that unfortunately spends a bit too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much again. >> reporter: the obama administration believes it can achieve 2/3 of its savings with a free on nondiscretionary spending. and cuts $80 billion from the pentagon budget and cuts $100 billion from pell grants and college loans. >> it will mean cutting things i care deeply about. if we're going to walk the walk, these cuts will be necessary. >> reporter: but the president is also proposing spending increases such as on education which is why i visited a baltimore school today. they want deeper cuts here on capitol hill. >> you have to understand there's a $1.5 trillion deficit. even if we were to hold things at levels now, that's completely unacceptable. >> reporter: president obama and house republicans are far apart. senators from both parties are working on a compromise to help bridge those differences
. >> reporter: president obama's $3 trillion spending plan arrived on capital hill this morning. republicans say it doesn't go far enough. >> it's a continuation of as your chairman said a budget that unfortunately spends a bit too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much again. >> reporter: the obama administration believes it can achieve 2/3 of its savings with a free on nondiscretionary spending. and cuts $80 billion from the pentagon budget and cuts $100 billion from...
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it was block obama's agenda. best spin of the year. okay. the most honest person of the year, pat. >> my favorite socialist, bernie sanders forced the fed to admit that it spends $3 trillion bailing out everybody in the western world. >> eleanor. >> richard holbrook who with his dying breath said we should end the war in afghanistan. >> monica. >> i'm going to give it to fidel castro who finally admitted this year that socialism doesn't work and he is moving to privatize all of the state industry. >> mark. >> stanley mcchrystal, our former general in charge of counter insurgency in afghanistan and his press conference. >> most honest person of the year. did you finish? >> yeah. >> first lady, michelle robinson obama. when asked by sarkozy, the first lady of france, how michelle liked living in the white house, michelle responded, it's hell. the most honest person of the year. the most overrated, pat. >> mahmoud ahmadinejad of iran. no, he is not adolf hitler. >> eleanor. >> overrated, the surge of democratic voters in '08. they didn't show u
it was block obama's agenda. best spin of the year. okay. the most honest person of the year, pat. >> my favorite socialist, bernie sanders forced the fed to admit that it spends $3 trillion bailing out everybody in the western world. >> eleanor. >> richard holbrook who with his dying breath said we should end the war in afghanistan. >> monica. >> i'm going to give it to fidel castro who finally admitted this year that socialism doesn't work and he is moving to...
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boys and men of color. >>> president barack obama is spending his last martin luther king jr. day in office. and he commemorated the holiday. the way he's done it, for the past seven years or so, working to help others. president obama made mlk day, an annual day of service, you might recall. today he and the first lady painted a mural. volunteers all over the area are spending the holiday, giving back in honor of dr. king. but one group's annual fundraiser almost did not happen. patuxent road ice. it caught fire two weeks ago. and kids are not only having to find somewhere tolls go to practice. but somewhere to hold their day of service. nikki burdine reports how another local group stepped in to help. >> when tucker road ice rink was destroyed by a fire. the kids were devastated. they didn't know where they would practice or where they would get to hang out with their friends again. but they were most worried about where they were going to hold their fundraiser. and on mlk's day of service, they weren't going to let something like that keep them from giving back. >> tucker r
boys and men of color. >>> president barack obama is spending his last martin luther king jr. day in office. and he commemorated the holiday. the way he's done it, for the past seven years or so, working to help others. president obama made mlk day, an annual day of service, you might recall. today he and the first lady painted a mural. volunteers all over the area are spending the holiday, giving back in honor of dr. king. but one group's annual fundraiser almost did not happen....
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>>> president obama, spending his last martin luther king jr. day in office, the same way he's commemorated the holiday, his last seven years. as craig boswell reports, he is working to help others. >> reporter: the president and first lady helped paint a mural, featuring dr. martin luther king, jr., at a family southeast of washington, d.c. it's all part of their annual day of service project. >> i just want people to know, i did not do all of this. [ laughter ] >> across town, gathered as incoming vice president mike pence visited the martin luther king jr. memorial on the national mall. they said they will never forget their stuff. >> kind of like the pinnacle of the weekend, before we head back to dallas. >> reporter: there are extra layers of emotions for those who planned their visit to the mlk memorial on the final few days of president obama's presidency. >> president obama's presidency brought a lot of pride to a lot of families, but in particular to our family because we're african american. it's a big deal for us. and we're sad to see
>>> president obama, spending his last martin luther king jr. day in office, the same way he's commemorated the holiday, his last seven years. as craig boswell reports, he is working to help others. >> reporter: the president and first lady helped paint a mural, featuring dr. martin luther king, jr., at a family southeast of washington, d.c. it's all part of their annual day of service project. >> i just want people to know, i did not do all of this. [ laughter ] >>...
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>> reporter: president obama is spending the final hours of the campaign in wisconsin, iowa and ohio. and he is using star power to push supporters to the polls. today bruce springsteen joins the president on the campaign trail. >> you know where i stand. you know i tell the truth. >> reporter: the latest polls show the white house race is tied nationally. but in the swing states, the president appears to have a slht edge. pollsterbelieve the president is closer to the 270 electoral votes needed to win. that means he has to capture fewer toss ups for governor romney to take the election. romney aides dispute that claim and say their supporters have surged to the polls. >> i need your vote. i neat your help. >> reporter: an estimated four out of ten voters will have cast their ballots early. both president obama and mitt romney are counting on a big election day turnout. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >>> states affected by superstorm sandy are struggling to make sure all their residents get a chance to vote. new york has assigned 143,000 people to new polling places.
>> reporter: president obama is spending the final hours of the campaign in wisconsin, iowa and ohio. and he is using star power to push supporters to the polls. today bruce springsteen joins the president on the campaign trail. >> you know where i stand. you know i tell the truth. >> reporter: the latest polls show the white house race is tied nationally. but in the swing states, the president appears to have a slht edge. pollsterbelieve the president is closer to the 270...
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. >> reporter: president obama will spend the day courting young voters. he visits two college campuses in battleground states to push for an extension of low interest rates for school loans. >> we have ridiculous amounts of loans. it's hard to pay them off. >> reporter: romney now also endorses a temporary extension of lower interest rates for students, even though g.o.p. house members oppose it. both campaigns are fighting for the support of young voters buried in college debt, which is higher than the amount americans owe on credit cards or auto loans. danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >>> ron paul and newt gingrich are still in the race for the republican presidential nomination. >>> lawyers for army private bradley manning are expected to ask a judge to dismiss all charges against him. manning is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified war documents to the whistle blowing website wikileaks. the defense claims military prosecutors have failed to hand over a broad range of documents helpful to their case. oral arguments in t
. >> reporter: president obama will spend the day courting young voters. he visits two college campuses in battleground states to push for an extension of low interest rates for school loans. >> we have ridiculous amounts of loans. it's hard to pay them off. >> reporter: romney now also endorses a temporary extension of lower interest rates for students, even though g.o.p. house members oppose it. both campaigns are fighting for the support of young voters buried in college...
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number three, obama wants spending cuts deferred. g.o.p. wants specific cuts agreed to now. number four, g.o.p. wants wide entitlement cuts. obama says no. i will give you another one. number five, obama wants new stimulus money, the g.o.p. says no. >> okay, which one, what do you want me to address? >> i want to know whether those are all resolvable before the new year? >> yes, this re resolvable. on the debt limit, it was a republican idea when president bush was in the power to raise the debt limit, which is to pay bills that have already been accrued, and that the congress could override it. the congress could object. and mitch mcconnell put that bill forward on the floor this week, thinking he was going to embarrass democratic leader reed, and reed said let's go ahead and vote. it and so then mcconnell filibustered his own bill because he got afraid the democrats had the votes for it. so that's the kind of maneuvering that is going on. childish. >> yes, childish. very childish. former republican majority leader trent lott told cnn's anderson cooper how he had a working
number three, obama wants spending cuts deferred. g.o.p. wants specific cuts agreed to now. number four, g.o.p. wants wide entitlement cuts. obama says no. i will give you another one. number five, obama wants new stimulus money, the g.o.p. says no. >> okay, which one, what do you want me to address? >> i want to know whether those are all resolvable before the new year? >> yes, this re resolvable. on the debt limit, it was a republican idea when president bush was in the...
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president obama and first lady michelle obama were spending the day in india. nick ceasefire vaughn any wusa9. >>> the secret service is working to identify any possible suspects or even a motive for this drone crash. >>> well it is the stuff of legend and curses, but now it is also the source of embarrassment. a recent photograph reveals that king tut's burial mask was hastily repaired with glue. workers who were attempting to change a light in the display case knocked off the beard of the boy king. xcel and the culprits botched the repair job. they used a glue that should only be used as a last resort and telegoofed it up. >> the museum is now saying that this conservation job is going to have to be undone of the suggests the substance used in this case was perhaps not quite perfect. >> conservators at the egyptian museum will have to fix it properly. >>> still ahead a film >>> fibroids can gop in women between the ages of 30 and 40 and african-american women are two to throw times more likely to be affected by them. here to talk more about uterine fibroids i
president obama and first lady michelle obama were spending the day in india. nick ceasefire vaughn any wusa9. >>> the secret service is working to identify any possible suspects or even a motive for this drone crash. >>> well it is the stuff of legend and curses, but now it is also the source of embarrassment. a recent photograph reveals that king tut's burial mask was hastily repaired with glue. workers who were attempting to change a light in the display case knocked off...
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we begin with bigad shaban. >> reporter: president obama is spending election day in chicago. he cast his ballot there during early voting almost two weeks ago. the president wrapped up his campaign in des moines last night, just steps away from his iowa headquarters during his first presidential bid in 2008. >> are you fired up? >> reporter: president obama made one final plea for votes in the critical battleground state. >> after all the months of campaigning, after all the rallies, after the millions of dollars of ads, it all comes down to you. it's out of my hands now. >> reporter: president obama plans to continue his election day tradition of playing basketball with friends. >> reporter: i'm randall pinkston in boston. underscoring how close this election is expected to be, the first town in the nation to vote ended in a tie. >> this has never happened before. we have a tie. >> reporter: they gave five votes each for the president and mitt romney. romney plans to cast his own ballot in massachusetts this morning. he will then immediately hit the campaign trail, rallying
we begin with bigad shaban. >> reporter: president obama is spending election day in chicago. he cast his ballot there during early voting almost two weeks ago. the president wrapped up his campaign in des moines last night, just steps away from his iowa headquarters during his first presidential bid in 2008. >> are you fired up? >> reporter: president obama made one final plea for votes in the critical battleground state. >> after all the months of campaigning, after...
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there is so much outside money the romney campaign is flush and i think they're making obama spend money there, but in particular, looking at the suburban voter voters in the philly suburbs and college women, that's an area where all of the issues are really problem atec for romney and the republicans. so not only do i think pennsylvania is pretty reliably blue. i also think they have extra problemes, if you will, in the suburban areas because they are so out of step on social issues with those voters. >> i'm really glad-- if you don't mind-- that you mention that. the democrats have completely over-played their reach to women. not only did they patronize women by lobbying specifically at social issues, talking only about abortion and contraception. when you interview these women they are talking about a much broader sense of economic issues. will i have the financial security to take care of my aging parents? will my children be able to go to college as we planned? it is not this redefined sense of looking back to what women's issues are but looking forward because we are the bread winn
there is so much outside money the romney campaign is flush and i think they're making obama spend money there, but in particular, looking at the suburban voter voters in the philly suburbs and college women, that's an area where all of the issues are really problem atec for romney and the republicans. so not only do i think pennsylvania is pretty reliably blue. i also think they have extra problemes, if you will, in the suburban areas because they are so out of step on social issues with those...
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president obama and first lady michelle obama are spending the day in new delhi, india. no longer appears to be an active scene. >> nick thank you with that live update. >>> people in new york city are bracing for what could be one of the biggest blizzards in that city's history. >> they are thinking it may be historic. many people stocked up on supplies this weekend, boarding up if they needed to. winds are associated with this storm. new york mayor bill de blasio is sending an urgent message. >> projections for this storm are that it would easily be as much as two feet of snow, potentially pushing on closer to three feet of snow. >> reporter: at least 2000 flights have already been canceled to that region of the country. many more could follow when the heavy snow starts to arrive later today. >>> in the higher elevations in our area, up to 6 inches of snow could fall in communities north and west of the district. that includes west virginia, washington county and frederick county. >>> nikki burdine did see snowflakesreport. how are things looking now? >> reporter: it h
president obama and first lady michelle obama are spending the day in new delhi, india. no longer appears to be an active scene. >> nick thank you with that live update. >>> people in new york city are bracing for what could be one of the biggest blizzards in that city's history. >> they are thinking it may be historic. many people stocked up on supplies this weekend, boarding up if they needed to. winds are associated with this storm. new york mayor bill de blasio is...
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president obama, a gusher of new spending, and only those of us who offered solutions. >> ryan in iowa today hammering away at the president's record. mitt romney was working the crowd at a building supply store up in new hampshire. this week the gop nominee says he has been busy preparing for next month's presidential debate. >>> new information on that close call involving three jets out of reagan national. the planes flew too close to each other in the skies over reagan. well, in a new report out today from the ntsb, investigators describe a chaotic scene inside that tower which left some controllers rattled. 14 page report concluded miscommunication is to blame. >> a suspected dog fighting ring uncovered in the alexandria section of fairfax county. andrea mccarren was the only reporter on the scene as police collected evidence and seized the animals from a residential home. >> this pit bull puppy out of the rambler at 4511 tipton lane in alexandria, one of eight puppies and adult dogs seized when police executed a sealed search warrant on the home. the owner was recently arrested o
president obama, a gusher of new spending, and only those of us who offered solutions. >> ryan in iowa today hammering away at the president's record. mitt romney was working the crowd at a building supply store up in new hampshire. this week the gop nominee says he has been busy preparing for next month's presidential debate. >>> new information on that close call involving three jets out of reagan national. the planes flew too close to each other in the skies over reagan. well,...
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. >>> president obama is spending part of his day honoring educators. obama is hosting the white house ceremony for the 2015 national teacher of the year and the finalists. this year's top educator shane that peoples of am ril -- peep -- shana peeples of texas. >>> this year's memorial concert at the capitol on the lawn has been announced. gloriaest van will be -- gloria estevan will be among the entertainers. the lineup also chows colin powell owe scoa also includes colin powell and stephanie scott. >>> a music festival is jay will all headline a two-day landmark music festival coming up in september. organizers say the festival will feature more than 40 acts on five stages over two days. it will be held in west potomac park. >>> all right. i didn't hear any alert in that announcement so that's good. >> tomorrow we have a yellow alert but looks like the bulk of the rain will be west of d.c., not that we won't see a few showers here. if you're out west of the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, those areas, could have a lot more than here in washington. toda
. >>> president obama is spending part of his day honoring educators. obama is hosting the white house ceremony for the 2015 national teacher of the year and the finalists. this year's top educator shane that peoples of am ril -- peep -- shana peeples of texas. >>> this year's memorial concert at the capitol on the lawn has been announced. gloriaest van will be -- gloria estevan will be among the entertainers. the lineup also chows colin powell owe scoa also includes colin...
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president obama's latest spending plan promises a freeze in domestic spending, and some deep cuts. but republican critics want more. >>> the egyptian military suspends the constitution and says it will run the country for at least six months. >>> and an egg-cellent night. lady gaga makes a unique entrance. and a shocking win for album of the year. all the spectacle and surprise at the 53rd annual grammy all the spectacle and surprise at the 53rd annual grammy awards. captioning funded by cbs >>> and good morning, everybody. good to see you on this valentine's day. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen. if there's one issue that can set off verbal fireworks in washington, it's money, and how it's spent. today, president obama unveils his budget for 2012. it's sure to lead to contentious debate. the plan calls for cutting federal programs and trimming military spending. republicans say those spending cuts aren't nearly enough. michael hertzenburg is in washington with more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, terrell. up until now the rhetoric among democrats and republic
president obama's latest spending plan promises a freeze in domestic spending, and some deep cuts. but republican critics want more. >>> the egyptian military suspends the constitution and says it will run the country for at least six months. >>> and an egg-cellent night. lady gaga makes a unique entrance. and a shocking win for album of the year. all the spectacle and surprise at the 53rd annual grammy all the spectacle and surprise at the 53rd annual grammy awards....
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obama sees it as time to start ramping down the size of our military. and as he says, we don't have bayonets and horses anymore. that's where he sees the opportunity for spending cuts. >> coming up, we're going to talk about differences in how they approach the world stage as well and the potential or the possibility that obama has been on an apology tore -- tour. we're going to fact check that coming up. >> virginia that is one of the critical battleground is states and that's why andrea mccarren is chris crosse the state. and she is in roanoke tonight. what are they saying? >> mow matter where -- no matter where you live, this is a historic election. it is so close is that the state of virginia could become what florida has. a small place here with a potentially big impact. >> reporter: just off main street in rocky point virginia up this set of stairs is the national campaign headquarters of former six term republican congressman virgil good. >> i know -- how sweet was it voting for him. >> until fouhe was best known as -- he was -- it was best known
obama sees it as time to start ramping down the size of our military. and as he says, we don't have bayonets and horses anymore. that's where he sees the opportunity for spending cuts. >> coming up, we're going to talk about differences in how they approach the world stage as well and the potential or the possibility that obama has been on an apology tore -- tour. we're going to fact check that coming up. >> virginia that is one of the critical battleground is states and that's why...
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. >> reporter: president obama is spending a second straight day in the battleground state of colorado. he told supporters that romney is having a tough time explaining how his proposed tax cuts won't hurt the middle class. >> there is a whole different kind of gymnastics being performed by mr. romney than what's been happening in the olympics. >> reporter: a new ad from a pro-obama super pack is drawing sharp criticism from both the romney campaign and independent fact checkers. >> i don't think mitt romney understands what he's done to people's lives by closing the plant. >> reporter: the ad features a former steel worker talking about his wife's death. the implication is that she died because he lost his health insurance after bane capital shut down his company. a romney aide calls the ad despicable. the obama campaign says it had nothing to do with the commercial. romney is gearing up for a bus tour through several battleground states as speculation builds about who will be his number to. on wednesday ann romney added to the buzz tweeting, mitch's choice of running mate will be ann
. >> reporter: president obama is spending a second straight day in the battleground state of colorado. he told supporters that romney is having a tough time explaining how his proposed tax cuts won't hurt the middle class. >> there is a whole different kind of gymnastics being performed by mr. romney than what's been happening in the olympics. >> reporter: a new ad from a pro-obama super pack is drawing sharp criticism from both the romney campaign and independent fact...
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. >>> president obama will spend the day at the white house after a trio of fund raising events in new york city last night with former president bill clinton. the events raised more than $3.5 million for the obama election campaign. m.i.t. romney will -- mitt romney will hold an event today. voters in wisconsin head to the polls for a recall election. labor unions and their supporters are trying to oust republican governor scott walker who succeeded in cutting benefits to unionized state workers. the democrat walks against walker is milwaukee mayor tom barrett. >>> the four-day diamond jubilee marking queen elizabeth's four decades on the thrown wraps up today. the queen and the royal family will attend a religious service, a luncheon and then they'll ride in a carriage procession through the city to buckingham palace. we have more. >> reporter: it truly is a celebration fit for a queen. the four-day diamond jubilee marking queen elizabeth's six decades on the british thrown wraps up today. they'll extend a service at the st. paul cathedral before taking a trip through the city in thr
. >>> president obama will spend the day at the white house after a trio of fund raising events in new york city last night with former president bill clinton. the events raised more than $3.5 million for the obama election campaign. m.i.t. romney will -- mitt romney will hold an event today. voters in wisconsin head to the polls for a recall election. labor unions and their supporters are trying to oust republican governor scott walker who succeeded in cutting benefits to unionized...
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president obama spend the final hours of the campaign getting out the vote from the white house. he taped radio interviews and later tonight he'll make calls to fire up activists and organizers in a handful of battleground states. as the president works the phones, other leading democrats are working the crowds. first lady michelle obama still on the campaign trail. and so is former president bill clinton, whose headlined more than 100 campaign rallies this year. like this one for congressman billowens in new york. >> i would personally rather have someone who served in the military and knew how to create jobs right here. >> reporter: democrats are making their 11th hour argument, fighting to mobilize their own base and win back support from undecided voters. they'll need every vote to hold back what polls predict will be a republican tidal wave. most surveys say democrats might be able to hold on to the senate, but republicans are expected to easily win control of the house. if that happens, john boehner is in line of coming the next speaker. he's keeping a low profile but campa
president obama spend the final hours of the campaign getting out the vote from the white house. he taped radio interviews and later tonight he'll make calls to fire up activists and organizers in a handful of battleground states. as the president works the phones, other leading democrats are working the crowds. first lady michelle obama still on the campaign trail. and so is former president bill clinton, whose headlined more than 100 campaign rallies this year. like this one for congressman...
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that is obama is spending a lot of time talking about the euro zone, and he's talking about competition from europe. i think his last press conference was, almost all of it devoted to that. he's talking about the economy but he's talking about how can i handle it, because what's going on in europe is affecting our economy. >> without question. >> therefore i am dealing with heads of state. >> without question. that is going to have an effect on the u.s. economy, but the u.s. economy has been hurting -- >> but it moves away from the domestic. >> it enables you to do what he does very well, which is always to blame it on some other party. but the fact is that is certainly going to have an impact on the economy, but so, too, have been the perfectlies that this administration has put politics. >> okay, now obama revs it up. >> i'm barack obama and i approved this message. >> we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the great depression. our businesses have created almost 4.3ly million new jobs over the last 27 months but we're still not creating them as fast as
that is obama is spending a lot of time talking about the euro zone, and he's talking about competition from europe. i think his last press conference was, almost all of it devoted to that. he's talking about the economy but he's talking about how can i handle it, because what's going on in europe is affecting our economy. >> without question. >> therefore i am dealing with heads of state. >> without question. that is going to have an effect on the u.s. economy, but the u.s....
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will spend part of his memorial day at abraham lincoln national cemetery just outside of chicago. this has been somewhat controversial, with some veterans saying the president should be here at arlington national cemetery. instead, vice president joe biden will be presiding. some supporters say as long as the president is participating in some memorial day event, it doesn't matter where he is doing that. >> the wreath laying will commence at 11:00. live at arlington national cemetery, i'm jessica doyle. angie, back to you. >> memorial day is not just for time of reflection and musical tributes the roar of motorcycles filled the air for the veteran's organization, rolling thunder's 23rd annual ride for freedom. they road across the memorial britain for a ceremony. organizers of the ride for freedom say the event is a demonstration and not a parade. >>> there are plenty of other memorial day events around the washington area. in falls church, annual parade and festival runs from 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. on city hall grounds. in rockville, -- >>> and wreath layings at the u.s. navy memor
will spend part of his memorial day at abraham lincoln national cemetery just outside of chicago. this has been somewhat controversial, with some veterans saying the president should be here at arlington national cemetery. instead, vice president joe biden will be presiding. some supporters say as long as the president is participating in some memorial day event, it doesn't matter where he is doing that. >> the wreath laying will commence at 11:00. live at arlington national cemetery, i'm...
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obama spend can the holiday weekend in hawaii with friends, white house says mr. obama spent christmas relaxing and watching basketball on tv. a dinner time visit with troops at marine corps base. a new government health care regulation issued this month allows medicare to pay for voluntary end of life planning, the health care overhaul legislation earlier this year and republicans labeled the counseling death panels. finally, "playboy" magazine hue hefner is engaged. 84-year-old is engaged to 24-year-old chris hall air harris. more on today's wetter from virginia up to maine expect as much as foot and half of snow today and tonight will be clear in the midwest and rainy out west. rain and snow will linger in the north for awhile followed by subzero temperatures. coming up -- a fading snapshot. and later, we check in xx >> osgood: a memory of christmas past, the snapshot taken with film. but the film in question, kodachrome, is in itself about to become a memory. our cover story is reported by jim axelrod. >> some place on the back. >> photographer kent miller i
obama spend can the holiday weekend in hawaii with friends, white house says mr. obama spent christmas relaxing and watching basketball on tv. a dinner time visit with troops at marine corps base. a new government health care regulation issued this month allows medicare to pay for voluntary end of life planning, the health care overhaul legislation earlier this year and republicans labeled the counseling death panels. finally, "playboy" magazine hue hefner is engaged. 84-year-old is...
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president obama will spend the next few days in williamsbur virginia preparing for next week's debate. romney planned a campaign stop in ohio on saturday. if you're going to plan on voting in maryland, dc or virginia in this upcoming election, you don't have a lot of time to register. only a few days. in virginia you have until monday. tuesday is the deadline in maryland and in dc your only opg at this point is to register in -- option at this point is to register at the headquarters and you can only do that until friday, october 19th. for more information about voter registration, go to wusa9.com and look under our campaign 2012 tab. >>> several endeavors final mission is coming to an end. tomorrow evening it will arrive at that final resting place, the california science center. a 160 wheel carrier picked up endeavor at the la airport and it's on a stop and start tour at la before it's permanent landing at the california science 10 ter. to make way for the -- center. to make way for the spaceship, crews chopped down 500 trees and removed more than 70 power poles. and it's only movin
president obama will spend the next few days in williamsbur virginia preparing for next week's debate. romney planned a campaign stop in ohio on saturday. if you're going to plan on voting in maryland, dc or virginia in this upcoming election, you don't have a lot of time to register. only a few days. in virginia you have until monday. tuesday is the deadline in maryland and in dc your only opg at this point is to register in -- option at this point is to register at the headquarters and you...
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. >>> president obama is spending this holiday weekend at capital david preparing for a new push on health care reform. the president will deliver what's described as a major address to to congress next week being just one day after lawmakers return from their august recess. nancy cordes has more. >> reporter: white house aides say the president will use this rare address to finally give lawmakers and the public the specifics they've been begging for. >> i think it's going to be very clear on that day where the president believes we should go. >> reporter: up until now, mr. obama had been kept to leave the details of health care reform to congress to hash out, but that wasn't working, says former senator bob dole who assumes reform. >> something is not right about the president not taking ownership of the most important issue of the century. it's almost as though he was afraid to be president. >> reporter: mr. obama has been a doinged advocate giving 27 speeches exclusively on health care and mentioning his chief objectives for reform in another 92 remarks. >> if you like your doctor, you
. >>> president obama is spending this holiday weekend at capital david preparing for a new push on health care reform. the president will deliver what's described as a major address to to congress next week being just one day after lawmakers return from their august recess. nancy cordes has more. >> reporter: white house aides say the president will use this rare address to finally give lawmakers and the public the specifics they've been begging for. >> i think it's going...
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president obama is spending $10 million on an ad attacking mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts. the romney campaign says it would happily compare the president's record with the record in massachusetts while romney led the state. the president said that attacking romney's business record might not be such a hot political idea. the white house maintains that clinton is firmly behind president obama's re-election and they see eye to eye. >> president clinton has completely supported president obama's approach, and has thoroughly endorsed obama as someone who has the right vision economically for moving this country forward. >> he's a president who's in love with the sound ever his own voice but hasn't been able to follow through on too many promises. >> mitt romney spent today raising campaign cash in the pacific northwest. >>> voters head to the polls in the governor's recall election that could send shock waves across the whole country. the election is happening because enough people are furious over governor scott walker's decision to strip bargaining rights from most public u
president obama is spending $10 million on an ad attacking mitt romney's record as governor of massachusetts. the romney campaign says it would happily compare the president's record with the record in massachusetts while romney led the state. the president said that attacking romney's business record might not be such a hot political idea. the white house maintains that clinton is firmly behind president obama's re-election and they see eye to eye. >> president clinton has completely...
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she expects president obama to spend $1 billion on his re-election bid. well, along with palin, other no shows last night included mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas, also mitt romney, former governor of massachusetts, and donald trump. >> we'll be watching. susan mcginnis joining us live in washington. thank you. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch," stocks in asia inched up this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. >> reporter: good morning. well, asian markets saw some gains. the nikkei finisheded a fraction higher while hong kong's hang seng added nearly 2%. oil traded near $104 a barrel falling back slightly from the day before. well, today wall street tries to get back on track. on monday rising oil and gold prices put pressure on stocks. the dow dropped nearly 80 points while the nasdaq lost 39. >>> u.s. employers are growing more optimistic about hiring. according to a new survey from manpower.com, plans to hire are up 8% this quarter compared to the quarter before. the survey comes from employers in all 50 states a
she expects president obama to spend $1 billion on his re-election bid. well, along with palin, other no shows last night included mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas, also mitt romney, former governor of massachusetts, and donald trump. >> we'll be watching. susan mcginnis joining us live in washington. thank you. >>> on the cbs "moneywatch," stocks in asia inched up this morning. ashley morrison is here in new york with the latest on that. >> reporter:...